Poulaines is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Its coat of arms shows a poulaine, the pointy-toed shoe fashionable in the 1300–1400 in European fashion and 15th centuries.
Poulaines | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Poulaines  | |
  Poulaines  Poulaines | |
| Coordinates: 47°09′10″N 1°39′51″E / 47.1528°N 1.6642°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre |
| Arrondissement | Issoudun |
| Canton | Valençay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Yves Cron[1] |
Area 1 | 46.32 km2 (17.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 817 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 36162 /36210 |
| Elevation | 87–156 m (285–512 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,167 | — |
| 1975 | 1,045 | −1.57% |
| 1982 | 926 | −1.71% |
| 1990 | 911 | −0.20% |
| 1999 | 838 | −0.92% |
| 2009 | 869 | +0.36% |
| 2014 | 919 | +1.13% |
| 2020 | 817 | −1.94% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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